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The Instrument of Instructions contained in the Govenment of India Act 1935 has been incorporated in the Constitution of India in the year 1950 as

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The 'Instrument of Instructions' was a set of directives issued to the Governor-General and Governors under the Government of India Act, 1935. In the Constitution of India (1950), these were incorporated as the Directive Principles of State Policy (DPSP) in Part IV [c1, t2]. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar noted in the Constituent Assembly that the DPSP resemble these instructions, serving as constitutional recommendations to the State's legislative and executive organs [c1, t6]. While the DPSP were inspired by the Irish Constitution, their structural and functional resemblance to the 1935 Act's instructions is significant [t2, t7]. Unlike Fundamental Rights, which act as limitations on the State, these principles are positive instructions intended to guide the government toward achieving social and economic democracy and establishing a welfare state [c4, c5].

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  1. [1] Indian Polity, M. Laxmikanth(7th ed.) > Chapter 9: Directive Principles of State Policy > FEATURES OF THE DIRECTIVE PRINCIPLES > p. 108
  2. [2] Laxmikanth, M. Indian Polity. 7th ed., McGraw Hill. > Chapter 4: Salient Features of the Constitution > IDirective Principles of State Policy > p. 30
  3. [3] Introduction to the Constitution of India, D. D. Basu (26th ed.). > Chapter 9: Directive Principles of State Policy > DIRECTIVE PRINCIPLES OF STATE POLICY > p. 179
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